Posted on 09/14/2006 7:23:10 PM PDT by indcons
HAVANA (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he would travel alone to the U.N. General Assembly in New York -- on horseback if necessary -- after slamming Washington for denying visas for his security and medical team.
"They denied visas for my security and my doctors. They don't want my advance party in New York," Chavez said on Thursday when arriving in communist Cuba for a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement of developing nations.
"I'm going even if I have to go alone, with Fidel ... (and) on horseback," said Chavez.
Chavez constantly lambastes the United States and has tried to rally countries to an anti-U.S. front to promote socialism around the world. Washington accuses Venezuela of using its oil wealth to destabilise democracy in the region.
The United States said that Venezuela had been late in applying for visas.
"Some members of the Venezuelan delegation do not have Venezuelan nationality and our law has special requirements that take time. These visa (requests) could not be processed because they were not made early enough," Brian Penn, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Caracas said by telephone.
Local media have reported that Chavez's entourage includes Cubans when he travels. The U.S. spokesman did not specify the nationality of the people who were denied visas.
World leaders are gathering at the U.N. General Assembly from Sept 19-29.
Now if your security people and doctor were islamofacists who wanted to speak at a university or college, you could have received a visa.
I was thinking Zorro because he thinks he's dashing riding up to the UN on his horse. Meanwhile, he'd (should be) arrested if he enters the US illegally. Silly me, he could come in through Mexico.
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Chavez is, without a doubt, a dumbass.
ROTFLOL!!!!!
President Bush, please lock the doors once these creeps, thugs, despots, dictators, and assorted pondscrum can blabber and blither all they want but never be allowed to bother us or better yetm shut down the UN and move the it to another country more suitable to their tyranny.
:-)
Maybe a (D) donkey will do???
As we say in North America, F*** You and the horse you rode in on!
on horseback if necessary
Nah, just an Arabian.
Repost:
Nah, just riding an Arabian.
There. Better. Sorry.
Cinga in Cuba
Doctors??? What does he need doctors for????
ping
How the hell does the State Dept. give Khatami a visa, give Ahmeninutjob a visa, but refuse a visa to Chavez's sycophant doc?
Hey Hugo, just sneak in through Mexico everyone else does.
Maybe he should arrive via Cuban cruise ship.
http://www.floatingcubans.com/
Dear Hugo,
##@k You .... and the horse you ride into town on, too.
That would not have followed Jimmy Carters world view. We are the big bad United States. All of Central and South Americas problems have been caused by the United States. We should first given them lots and lots of money, then mind our own business. What business is it of ours what they do with their country and their money?
The world hates us because we're so rich.
Well Jimmy, you tried your darndest to take care of that.
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